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Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fourth Edition, is also available as an e-book. The e-book is available at a reduced price and allows students to highlight and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the Human Kinetics site, access to the e-book is immediately granted when your order is received.

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fourth Edition, helps current and future athletic trainers deal creatively with the management challenges they will face on the job. Like the previous editions, the fourth edition uses a unique case-study approach in teaching students the theories of organization and administration and their applications to real-world situations in the profession of athletic training.

The text, part of Human Kinetics’ Athletic Training Education Series, is an excellent resource for building comprehensive knowledge of management theory as well as the problem-solving skills to put it to practical use. The book’s organization strategies can also be applied beyond athletic training to a variety of fields related to sports medicine, making it a valuable resource for any sports medicine professional.

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fourth Edition, has been significantly improved to align with the Health Care Administration portion of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Role Delineation Study. With extensive updates and new information, the fourth edition emphasizes the practice of evidence-based medicine and offers 18 new sections of material that include the following:

Health care financial management

Injury surveillance systems

Advances in patient charting

Cultural awareness

Marketing a sports medicine practice

OSHA requirements for health care facilities

Designed to encourage critical thinking, the fourth edition of Management Strategies in Athletic Training opens and closes each chapter with realistic and fascinating case studies presenting real-world dilemmas faced by athletic trainers. A series of questions at the end of these scenarios challenge students to analyze and apply the principles in the chapters to solve the hypothetical situations and ultimately prepare them for the kinds of problems they will face from day to day as professionals.

To support learning, the text includes tools such as chapter objectives, key terms, and review statements as well as sample administrative forms that readers can both study and adapt to their own work situations. Special elements and appendixes provide direction for deeper study by referring students to Internet resources, other Athletic Training Education Series texts, sample forms for analysis of athletic training programs, and material on regulations and ethics in athletic training. In addition, the fourth edition covers new material that students will find helpful as they embark on their athletic training careers, such as compensation, tips for finding a job, and negotiating skills for accepting a job.

For instructors, an ancillary package consisting of an instructor guide, test bank, and new image bank will aid in course development. Loaded with additional case studies, course projects, chapter worksheets, and a sample course syllabus, these materials can be used for organizing classes, testing students’ knowledge, and creating exciting learning experiences.

Human Kinetics’ Athletic Training Education Series contains five outstanding textbooks, each with its own superb supporting instructional resources. Featuring the work of respected athletic training authorities, the series was created to parallel and expound on the content areas established by the NATA Educational Council. To learn more about the books in this series, visit the Athletic Training Education Series website at www.HumanKinetics.com/AthleticTrainingEducationSeries.

Textbook for undergraduate and graduate athletic training students and
those preparing for certification; also a reference for any sports
medicine professional.

Richard Ray, EdD, ATC, is provost and professor of kinesiology at
Hope College in Holland, Michigan. A recognized leader in the field of
athletic training, he is a practicing administrator who is responsible
for 400 employees and the author of the popular texts Case Studies in
Athletic Training Administration and Counseling in Sports Medicine.
He is also a former editor of the journal Athletic Therapy Today and
associate editor of the Journal ofAthletic Training.

Ray is a member of the NATA Research and Education Foundations Board of
Directors. He was chair of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association
(NATA) Education Task Force and the Nomenclature Task Force. He is a
member and former president of both the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’
Association (GLATA) and the Michigan Athletic Trainers’ Society (MATS).
Ray was named to the Educational Advisory Board of the Gatorade Sport
Science Institute in 1993 and the MATS Hall of Fame in 1999. He was
inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2006 and received the 2004 Most
Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award and the 2001 Sayers Miller
Outstanding Educator Award from the NATA.

Ray received his EdD in educational leadership, as well as a master’s
degree in physical education, from Western Michigan University.

Jeff Konin, PhD, ATC, PT, FACSM, FNATA, is associate professor
and vice chair of the department of orthopaedics and sports medicine at
the University of South Florida (USF). At USF, he also serves as the
executive director of the Sports Medicine & Athletic Related Trauma
(SMART) Institute, a community outreach program with a mission of
promoting safety in sports. Konin is a founder and partner of the
Rehberg Konin Group, which provides scientific investigation, research,
and litigation support services for incidents involving sports and
physical activity. He is the author of textbooks including Clinical
Athletic Training, Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination,
Documentation for Athletic Training, and Reimbursement for
Athletic Training.

Konin is a fellow of both the National Athletic Trainers’ Association
(NATA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He is a
recipient of the NATA Service Award (2008), the NATA Continuing
Education Excellence Award (2008), the Southeast Athletic Trainers’
Association Education/Administration Athletic Trainer of the Year Award
(2010), and the NATA Most Distinguished Athlete Trainer Award (2011).

Konin received his PhD in physical therapy from Nova Southeastern
University, a master of physical therapy from the University of
Delaware, master of education from the University of Virginia, and a
bachelor of science from Eastern Connecticut State University.

“[This text] covers current topics in a practical manner that makes
it easy for athletic trainers to apply them to their daily work. It is
an easy-to-read book with good real-life examples.”

Test package. Includes more than 130 questions in true-or-false, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice formats. The test package is available for use through multiple formats, including a learning management system, Respondus, and rich text.

Image bank. Includes most of the figures, photos, and tables from the text, sorted by chapter.

The image bank is also available for purchase • ISBN 978-1-4504-1084-7